Neuwesteel is part of the borough of Norden in East Frisia in the northwest of the German state of Lower Saxony.

[1] On the terrain of the present parish lay the village of Westeel which was submerged in 1373 when the Leybucht bay flooded the area.

As an incorporated subdistrict Neuwesteel still has a parish chairman (Ortsvorsteher), who represents the concerns of the roughly 340 inhabitants[4] to the borough of Norden.

In Neuwesteel is the Leybucht Pumping Station, part of the Drainage Association of Norden, which ensures that the lower lying areas are drained via the Norder Tief.

Because there are no bridges for several kilometres along the Norder Tief, the river may be crossed in Neuwesteel on a Pünte, a type of raft.